Web Site Basics

This section outlines some of the basics steps you need to take to put your company on the Internet. Our mission is to guide you through each of these steps successfully to get your website up and running:

	Register your domain name
	Select where your site will be hosted
	Design your site
	Develop your site
	Host your site

In addition, if the site will be enabled for e-business to accept credit cards in exchange for goods and/or services you need to do the following:

	Setup an Internet Merchant Account
	Apply for a Secure Certificate
	Setup an account with a secure gateway provider
	Setup the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for credit card transactions
	Add shopping cart capabilities to your website
	Add additional programming to your website to add/update your inventory
	Add additional programming to process secure credit card transactions.
	Add a virtual terminal to manage your credit card transactions and manually process transactions and post refunds.

Unlike other web hosting providers, we will assist you with each of these steps and guide you through each of these areas.

Please contact us if you would like to discuss how we can offer you a custom solution to your business need.